[Solved] Set selected DropdownList item by value

[Ron]

How does one set the selected item in a dropdownlist given the value of an item in the dropdownlist?  I know I can do this given the index of a value, but I only have the value.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Ron,

 You can use value() method:

var dropDownList = $('#DropDownList').data('tDropDownList');
dropDownList.value('pass value');

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[shariq]

hello ,

     I got the same issue but its working fine but when i click on the list to show its rebinding and not showing the changed item name.
please tell me how to do this . thanks

[Jeremy]

Georgi, Does that fire the OnChange event?

Thanks

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Jeremy,

 value("value") method does not raise change event. If you need to trigger change event you just need to trigger it manually:

dropDownList.trigger("change");

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team